SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2012
The effect of praise, positive nonverbal response, reprimand, and negative nonverbal response on child compliance: a systematic review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Research Review: Mechanisms of change and between-family differences in parenting interventions for children with ADHD - an individual participant data meta-analysis.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Pooled it
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- Antecedent Strategies to Promote Children's and Adolescents' Compliance with Adult Requests: A Review of the Literature.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2016Pooled it
- Attachment Representation Moderates the Effectiveness of Behavioral Parent Training Techniques for Children with ADHD: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Microtrial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of Specific Techniques in Behavioral Teacher Training for Childhood ADHD Behaviors: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Microtrial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Trial
- Exploring Family Interactions: Heterogeneity in Family Specific Network Models.Family process · 2026Article
- Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Positive Family Expressions, and Child Peer Competence Across the Elementary School Years.Family process · 2026Article
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy's Influence on Parental Behavior and Child Compliance in a Child-Welfare Involved Randomized Clinical Trial.Child & family behavior therapy · 2025Article
- How Perceptions of the Accuracy of Parental Praise and Criticism Link With Child Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Child Externalizing Problems: Differences in Dynamic Parent-Child Processes.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Using Non-Violent Discipline Tools: Evidence Suggesting the Importance of Attunement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Psychosocial Resources Predicting Maternal and Paternal Positive Parenting and Lower Child Abuse Risk.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Interpersonal complementarity as a predictor of parent-child relationship quality.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Under my skin: Parenting behavior and children's cortisol in the Los Angeles family and neighborhood survey.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Article
- Adolescents' affective and neural responses to parental praise and criticism.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2022Article
- Affect, Behaviors of Children With Intellectual Disabilities and Parents' Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Starting at Birth: An Integrative, State-of-the-Science Framework for Optimizing Infant Neuromotor Health.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Approaches to restrictive feeding: Associations with child weight and eating behavior.Eating behaviors · 2018Article
- Are parenting behaviors associated with child sleep problems during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia?Cancer medicine · 2016Article
- Parental Praise Correlates with Posterior Insular Cortex Gray Matter Volume in Children and Adolescents.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
Lack of compliance has both short- and long-term costs and is a leading reason why parents seek mental health services for children. What parents do to help children comply with directives or rules is an important part of child socialization. The current review examines the relationship between a variety of parenting discipline behaviors (i.e., praise, positive nonverbal response, reprimand, negative nonverbal response) and child compliance. Forty-one studies of children ranging in age from 1½ to 11 years were reviewed. Reprimand and negative nonverbal responses consistently resulted in greater compliance. Praise and positive nonverbal responses resulted in mixed child outcomes. The findings are discussed based on theory and populations studied. The authors propose a mechanism that may increase children's sensitivity to both positive and negative behavioral contingencies.
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